Star Wars Han Solo Origin Movie for 2016 Release? · Guardian Liberty Voice Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook Add to Google+ Connect on Linked in Subscribe by Email Print This Post Disney executives are currently finalizing plans for a possible Star Wars Han Solo origin movie for release in 2016. According to Jay Rasulo, Disney’s Chief Financial Officer the origin movies will be devoted to the film’s franchise main characters like Solo, the bounty hunter Boba Fett and even the Jedi master Yoda. Star Wars, the epic space adventure franchise created by George Lucas has enjoyed successful run in the theaters as well as in the franchise business for more than 30 years already. Han Solo (originally played by Harrison Ford), the rogue and shady pilot who was introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) will first be the focus of such origin movies. Succeeding movies thereafter will revolve around Yoda and Boba Fett for release in 2018 and 2020 respectively and if plans will push through. Although initially a rumor, such plans for origin movies or spin-offs are slowly gaining ground to be realized anytime soon.

In an investors’ conference of Disney stakeholders, Rasulo made a promise that new Star Wars movies would be released filling in the gaps between the releases of the main saga franchise. This means that after the release of Episode VII due for 2015, origin movies will take the center stage beginning with the story of a young Han Solo and how the character later joined forces with the other Star Wars protagonists. The Episode VII will be directed by J.J. Abrams who also helmed the latest Star Trek movies. Rasulo also added during the investors’ meeting held at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, Beverly Hills that, “the market is extremely hot for everything ‘Star Wars’.” This means that aside from the movie, money can also be made from theme parks and licensing deals, not just in the U.S. but internationally as well. Disney purchased Lucasfilm, the owner of the 35-year old Star Wars franchise for $4 billion last year with the hope that the company can still make money from the sci-fi movie franchise.

Rasulo told investors that the Star Wars brand is like a palette where they can create unlimited possibility and that “the sky’s the limit.” He added that the main strategy is releasing the main film first but supporting it with various franchising activities. With the disappointing results of “The Lone Ranger” last summer, Disney is now careful on the budgets and placing a budget cap on franchise movies, Rasulo told the investors. The budget for the coming movies like the Star Wars Han Solo origin story for release in 2016 would be tighter, he hinted. But he also shared that the company is still capable and willing to invest in another round of purchases if these will accelerate market share citing previous acquisitions like Playdom and India’s UTV. Disney CEO Bob Iger mentioned that the origin movies for both Han Solo and Boba Fett are being written by Lawrence Kasdan, the co-writer of Episode V & VI and Simon Kinberg, the writer of X-Men: The Last Stand & X-Men: Days of Future Past. For the Han Solo movie, the story will take place between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV. While the Boba Fett story will take place between Episode IV and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

The challenge for the Han Solo movie is finding the right actor to play the young Solo or more specifically a young Harrison Ford. The Boba Fett character would not be so challenging if finding the right actor is concerned since the character always wear a full helmet totally covering his face. It is believed that the casting for the young Han Solo part has been going on for several months already, but due to the secrecy of the whole project little details are coming out. The Han Solo origin was actually told way back in the 1990’s in the trilogy of science fiction novels written by Ann C. Crispin. The first two books Star Wars: The Paradise Snare and The Hutt Gambit were both released in 1997, while the third book Rebel Dawn was released in 1998. It is not clear if the movie version of Han Solo’s adventures will follow those found in the novels or will be totally something new. What is clear though at this point in time is the amount of excitement these announcements has created especially for the Star Wars fans. And what better way to whet the fans’ appetite than with the possible release of a Star Wars Han Solo origin movie for the year 2016.

The fans hope that the current hype will live up to its high expectations. By Roberto I. Belda Han Solo movie prequel coming in 2018 - CNN.com 1 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Luke attempts to master the lightsaber, from the original "Star Wars." The young Luke was encouraged to "use the Force" to improve his feel with the weapon. Hide Caption 2 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born The Jedi Temple was located on the planet Coruscant and served as the training facility for the Jedi Order. It was later destroyed and rebuilt in cycles indicating the changing politics of the universe. Hide Caption 3 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born "Star Wars" was a phenomenon upon release in May 1977, with lines around the block (in the days when theaters were largely located on city blocks). Here, people line up in New York to see the film, which soon became the highest-grossing film of all time -- a record it held until "E.T." took its place five years later.

Hide Caption 4 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Much of the original "Star Wars" played like a throwback to old pulp flicks, with Han Solo and Princess Leia providing the witty repartee. Chewbacca the Wookiee and android C-3PO were along for the ride. Hide Caption 5 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Film editor Marcia Lucas with her then-husband, director George Lucas, editing "Star Wars." The film gave George Lucas the power to call shots in Hollywood -- influence he used to do everything from market video games to produce films for one of his heroes, Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Hide Caption 6 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Myth scholar Joseph Campbell's book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" inspired George Lucas in creating the "Star Wars" universe. Hide Caption 7 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Obi-Wan Kenobi, played by Alec Guinness in "Star Wars," was the noble warrior who helped guide young Luke Skywalker.

Hide Caption 8 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Darth Vader, the villain of "Star Wars," and Obi-Wan Kenobi battle in the original film. Vader's life is explored in the second "Star Wars" trilogy, starting with 1999's "The Phantom Menace." Hide Caption 9 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Yoda, here seen in "The Empire Strikes Back," is a wise and powerful Jedi Master who takes over Luke Skywalker's training. His voice was provided by Muppet great Frank Oz. Hide Caption 10 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born C-3PO, left, and R2-D2 are the loyal droids who serve as companions to various "Star Wars" characters. They're somewhat based on two characters from Kurosawa's film "The Hidden Fortress," a key "Star Wars" influence. Hide Caption 11 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Members of the "Star Wars" fan club celebrate May 4 ("Star Wars Day") in front of the Colosseum in central Rome. Why May 4?

It's related to a pun on "May the Force be with you" -- "May the Fourth be with you." Hide Caption 12 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born "Star Wars" creator and filmmaker George Lucas at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. Lucas sold his Lucasfilm empire to Disney in 2012 for $4 billion. Hide Caption 13 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born The newest "Star Wars" film -- "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" -- is due at the end of 2015. Hide Caption 14 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Both Harrison Ford, as Han Solo, and Peter Mayhew, as Chewbacca, are returning for "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens." Hide Caption 15 of 17 Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born "The Force Awakens" cast, along with droids, executive producer Kathleen Kennedy and director J.J. Abrams, appeared at the Star Wars Celebration fan convention in April.

Hide Caption Photos: 'Star Wars': An epic is born Fans gathered at the official Star Wars Celebration event in Anaheim, California, in April. Hide Caption Star Wars: Han Solo origin film announced - BBC News BBC News Star Wars: Han Solo origin film announced 8 July 2015 Close share panel Image copyright Disney/Lucasfilm Image caption The Force Awakens sees Harrison Ford reprise his role after more than 30 years A Star Wars spin-off film will tell the back story of space smuggler Han Solo, Disney has announced. The new movie is to be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, the men behind the hugely successful Lego movie. The charismatic criminal turned Rebellion hero returns in Star Wars' next instalment: The Force Awakens this Christmas. Actor Harrison Ford last played Solo in 1983's Return of the Jedi. No details or casting have been yet been announced but the script will be written by father and son team Lawrence and Jon Kasdan. The senior Kasdan co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the latter with director JJ Abrams.

There was a huge excitement in the fan community earlier this year when an extended trailer for the new film featured a brief appearance of Solo and his Millennium Falcon co-pilot Chewbacca, appearing to be on the deck of his famous spaceship, uttering the words, "Chewie, we're home..." The untitled Han Solo project is scheduled to be released on 25 May 2018. It follows the first stand-alone Star Wars anthology film Rogue One, which is due next year. Which actors are in the running to play Han? Aaron Paul Image copyright Getty Images The Breaking Bad star has sent the rumour mill into overdrive after the Star Wars official Twitter account started following him. The 35-year-old Instagrammed a screenshot of the moment, captioning that his "dreams are coming true." Unsurprisingly he is the favourite for the role according to bookmakers. Image copyright Aaron Paul Instagram Aaron Taylor-Johnson Image copyright Getty Images The 25-year-old Brit and husband of Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson most recently starred in the Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron. Josh Hutcherson No stranger to movie franchises, the Hunger Games actor is Buzzfeed's number one choice .

Chris Pratt The Jurassic World actor's star has rocketed after Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World. Rumoured to be the next star of Indiana Jones, could the Harrison Ford likeness make him a popular candidate? Armie Hammer Image copyright Getty Images Best known for his portrayal as the Winklevoss twins in 2010's The Social Network and the title for in 2013's The Lone Ranger, this role could propel Hammer into a superstar stratosphere. Chris Hemsworth Image copyright Getty Images The Aussie actor is known for his action roles, currently starring as Marvel's Thor and appearing in the Avengers movie franchise. He also appeared briefly in JJ Abrams' Star Trek reboot, as Captain Kirk's father. Jack O'Connell Image copyright Getty Images Angelina Jolie's a fan of this Brit, having cast him in her most recent directorial project, Unbroken. Last year's winner of the Bafta Rising Star Award, landing the part of Han would be the proof of the pudding. Zac Efron Image copyright Getty Images Known for his vocal roles in High School Musical and Hairspray, the role of Han would mark a change of direction for the 27-year-old.

Nicholas Hoult Image copyright Getty Images Big action movies have become second nature to this 25-year-old having starred in the X-Men franchise as Hank McCoy as well as in Mad Max. He's an outside shot at the role though according to bookmakers. Who Should Play Young Han Solo in His Standalone 'Star Wars' Movie? | Inverse 2017 Who Should Play Young Han Solo in His Standalone 'Star Wars' Movie? Every possible actor you can think of has auditioned. Only one can get the coveted part. Star Wars January 8, 2016 If you’re one of the few people left on planet Earth that hasn’t seen The Force Awakens then please turn away from your computer right now, march straight to your local multiplex, dig the best Star Wars movie in decades, and come back here. Now. You’re back, right? ‘Cause spoilers ahead. We’re going to talk about Han Solo, Harrison Ford, and what’s going to happen to one of the greatest heroes in American movies, with our big-boy pants on. So let’s start by pouring one out for the attempted father of the year.

Star Wars films like symmetry, and the only thing worse than Vader cutting off his son Luke’s hand in Empire and dropping him down a chute to nowhere was Kylo Ren running his father Han through with a lightsaber and punting him down a chute to the center of an imploding planet. But wipe away those tears, y’all. The standalone Han Solo story — a “solo” movie, if you will — is coming in 2018, riding down the endless pipe of new Star Wars stories . This one will be directed by 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie masterminds Phil Lord and Chris Miller , who along with screenwriters Lawrence and Jon Kasdan will undoubtedly bring their wit and pluck to the new iteration of the iconic character. But it’s up to the actor portraying the younger Han to deliver the charisma and cocksure charm that Harrison Ford brought to the role for nearly 40 years . Whoever is chosen has to go past pure pastiche; this can’t just be people doing a Ford impression. They’re going to have to make it their own.

Lawrence Kasdan let some details slip that the Han Solo movie will be set 10 years before A New Hope , so the actor will have to at least be aged 25 to 35, Ford’s age when he first took on the role back in 1977 . That means two hunky front-runners named Chris Pratt (age 36) and Chris Pine (age 35) are longshots. And before we get into the worthy candidates, here are some names to be struck from the record: Miles Teller (too awkward), Garrett Hedlund (zero charisma), Zac Efron (too Disney Channel), Ryan Gosling (too entrenched), Robert Pattinson (too aloof), Scott Eastwood (too Clint Eastwood), Josh Hutcherson (too squirrelly), Liam Hemsworth (too Australian), Nat Wolff (too annoying), or Anton Yelchin (too neurotic) to play Han Solo. But here’s our best guesses for who should play the scruffy nerf herder known as Han Solo. 5. Jamie Bell At the ripe old age of 29, Bell has the perfect seniority and has the right range of acting chops to pull off Han Solo.

This is an actor who played a violent sadomasochist in Lars von Trier’s explicit sex epic Nymphomaniac two years after he played the innocent title character in Steven Spielberg’s Tintin. The dude is nothing if not versatile, and was arguably the best part of last year’s sewage-fire Fantastic Four movie . And even then he was playing a gigantic CGI rock monster. He could add the right amount of untapped emotional depth that the Han Solo standalone movie needs to establish the character before he becomes the Solo we already know. 4. Nick Robinson We’ll tread lightly with Nick Robinson because he played the emptiest part in last summer’s Jurassic World . His entire character was just running, jumping, screaming, and looking mopey while trying and failing to pick up girls. But because the movie made a ton of money he’s in the good graces of Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy, whose husband Frank Marshall produced the last Jurassic movie. At least Robinson has the sensitive, youthful angle going because of his otherwise strong role in 2013’s indie hit The Kings of Summer . Whether or not Robinson will be able to mix vulnerability with magnetism will be the key in figuring out whether he’s worthy enough to eventually pilot the Millennium Falcon.

3. Anthony Ingruber Another newcomer who gained traction in 2008 when he uploaded a YouTube video of his impression of Harrison Ford above. It may have helped Ingruber when he eventually played a younger version of Harrison Ford when they co-starred in the mushy sci-fi-tinged romance The Age of Adaline last year. But if Ingruber stands a chance he can’t just simply duplicate Ford. He certainly looks and sounds enough like him, but can he embody Han Solo? If he’s not able to break out of obviously gunning for a Ford-like persona he could have a good shot of taking over Ford’s most iconic role . 2. Taron Egerton Man, who are all these up-and-coming British actors. Hell, Jack O’Connell could have nearly made the list if he weren’t so hard-edged and Kit Harrington could have been a name to look out for if he wasn’t basically married to Game of Thrones for the foreseeable future. But the guy in the perfect position to break out is Kingsman’s Egerton, who proved he could upstage acting legends like Michael Caine, Colin Firth, Samuel L.

Jackson, and Mark Strong in director Matthew Vaughn’s bonkers 2015 spy movie. Egerton’s mercurial blend of vulnerability and confidence makes him a natural match for Han Solo. 1. An Unknown This might be a cop-out, but it’s the right answer. The lead characters of Star Wars have achieved their iconic status mostly because they were new faces who couldn’t be tied to another franchise or previous acting work. Mark Hamill was always Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher will always be Princess Leia, and now Daisy Ridley will always be Rey , which is great because they’re all fine actors. The only drawback of finding a diamond in the rough is that for every Daisy Ridley you land a Jake Lloyd or a Hayden Christensen . But that’s the risk the filmmakers have got to take. They’ve auditioned over 2,000 actors already, and there’s undoubtedly an actor in that group that will at least make casting directors forget Harrison Ford was ever Han Solo in the first place. And that’s exactly what needs to happen. Photos via Getty Images, StarWars.com Who will play Young Han Solo? – EW.com Pinterest Are you a young white male actor? Congratulations!

You’re probably on the shortlist for the lead role in Disney’s untitled young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff. Variety reports that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have narrowed their search to just a few actors you barely recognize, including Whiplash breakout Miles Teller, The Fault in our Stars dreamboat Ansel Elgort, the other Franco, Clint Eastwood’s son, Percy Jackson, and the guy from Trans4mers who wasn’t Garrett Hedlund (wait, was he Garrett Hedlund, no I don’t think he was Garrett Hedlund). A source close to the production tells EW the Variety list isn’t entirely accurate, although there are a few names that are in consideration. The same source also claims there are still more Han Solo auditions to consider. That would seem to defy Variety‘s claim that the studio will decide on their lead actor in the next couple of weeks. Nevertheless, the existence of an actual shortlist forces us to admit an actual hard truth: Sometime soon, maybe very soon, Disney will announce that someone who is not Harrison Ford will be playing Han Solo in a movie coming to theaters. Do we want this? Do we know what we want?

Audiences around the world are currently thrilling to the latest adventure from Harrison Ford as Old Han Solo. Do I even need to put up a SPOILER ALERT when I say that The Force Awakens is also the last adventure for Ford’s Solo ? The seventh Star Wars film is structured, in part, as an extended sendoff for the beloved character. Greenlighting a new Han Solo movie, with a new young Han Solo, would seem in any other context like a too-aggressive recasting move. (If this were 2011, Andrew Garfield would be on the shortlist.) But this is a movie in the context of Star Wars, a franchise so beloved that the seventh film in 38 years is on track to become the highest grossing movie ever. So, fine: A young Han Solo. It has to happen. What do we want him to look like? What do we want him to be? Ford never quite played a young Han Solo: The actor was already in his mid-30s when Star Wars came around, and in that film he’s the cynical seen-it-all older-brother figure to callow young Luke.

He’s also cocky — Kessel Run, less than 12 parsecs, maybe you’ve heard — and part of the central joy of Ford’s performance across four movies is how the character’s intrinsic seen-it-all skepticism runs alongside a goofily confident optimism in his own magnificence. Han Solo might not believe in the Force — but he knows, behind all shadow of a doubt, that he is the greatest pilot in the galaxy. RELATED: Secrets of the Millennium Falcon: An EW Star Wars: The Force Awakens video He’s tough, but also romantic; cynical, but also narcissistic, but neither too cynical nor too narcissistic. What does that look like, as a young twentysomething? It strikes me that any actor cast as young Han Solo needs to figure out a way to play up the cockiness — the sense that Han already thought he was a great pilot even before he had a ship to fly — but also needs to be able to play that facade as a facade. Part of what makes Ford-as-Solo great is that Solo should be a douche bag — one of the background players in Top Gun. Ford gave Solo some real rough charm.

Maybe it was his age; maybe it was him being a carpenter; maybe it was because Luke Skywalker carried all the dramatic weight, leaving him to have all the fun. This new Han Solo won’t have any of those luxuries. And whoever gets cast will have another problem: By 2018, we’ll have seen two Guardians of the Galaxy films starring beloved Hollywood best friend Chris Pratt as a variation of the Han Solo archetype. Star-Lord is goofier and explicitly more childish than Solo — but he’s also more “relatable,” insofar as Han Solo never watched Footloose. So I’m inclined to say that the best move for Disney would be the Daisy Ridley Protocol: Find an unknown. Barring that, the actor I think would make the most convincing young Han Solo isn’t on Variety‘s shortlist. Dylan O’Brien is not a name you know if you’re over 25, but the actor has an intriguing double persona in a couple teenybopping franchises. In the Maze Runner movies, he’s the noble protagonist; on Teen Wolf, he’s the snarky comic relief. This strikes me as a uniquely accurate Han Solo mixture.

(Anecdotally, he’s fun to drink beer with .) RELATED: Harrison Ford on the legacy of Han Solo Miles Teller is by far the biggest name on Variety‘s list, and has the benefit of some rave reviews as a charming jackass in The Spectacular Now and a relentlessly focused perfectionist-narcissist in Whiplash. The idea of a Whiplash‘d Young Han Solo movie is intriguing: Imagine J.K. Simmons as the galaxy’s most nefarious starship instructor, pushing callow young Han to new heights of pilot glory. But you could argue that Ansel Elgort has the clear upper hand, too. In Fault in Our Stars, Elgort has one of the all-time plum roles for a young actor. As Augustus Waters, he’s coded as a “bad boy” (cigarette! leather jacket!) but he’s also a nice-guy romantic (he never lights the cigarette!) and he somehow makes the key character trait of dying of cancer into a charmingly roguish affectation. Also, Han is a fundamentally romantic figure — a bantering ladies’ man, we sense, even if he only ever has eyes for Leia.

In the game of “Who Had Better Chemistry With Shailene Woodley,” I give Elgort in Fault a big victory over Teller in Spectacular Now. All of which brings up the bigger question of this young Han Solo movie: What is young Han Solo doing? The Expanded Universe built out a larger backstory for Han, which included a stint in the Empire’s navy and some wild times smuggling around Nar Shaddaa, a Sin City-esque planet that would make an awesome setting for a movie that’s probably too insane for Disney to ever make. But Lucasfilm has made it pretty clear that the only true canon now is the movies — which never say anything about Han’s past, beyond some dirty dealings with Jabba Hutt and that business with the Kessel Run. Theoretically, we could meet any kind of young Han Solo: An orphaned criminal, the youngest child from a big Corellian family, a Maverick-in-Top-Gun-esque pupil to a famous Imperial pilot. Everyone knows Han Solo. It turns out, though, that nobody knows Young Han Solo. We’ll be meeting him, soon. Show Full Article Young Han Solo 'Star Wars' Movie: Who Should Be Cast?

| Hollywood Reporter 3:40pm PT by Rebecca Ford Young Han Solo 'Star Wars' Movie: Who Should Be Cast? AP Images Taron Egerton, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller 'The Lego Movie' directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord will direct the spinoff centered on Harrison Ford's character. Disney and Lucasfilm are making a Han Solo stand-alone Star Wars film, as The Hollywood Reporter exclusively announced Tuesday. Lego Movie directed Chris Miller and Phil Lord will direct the project based on a script by Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan. The film, which already has a release date of May 25, 2018, will focus on "how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley." The toughest task may lie ahead: Lord and Miller will need to use The Force to find a young actor who can embody the swagger, charm and chip-on-his-shoulder attitude that Harrison Ford brought to the iconic loner.

THR throws out some names: Taron Egerton The 25-year-old Welshman charmed audiences with his performance in Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service opposite Colin Firth. He proved he can handle the action genre, while also adding in plenty of comedy and swagger. Nicholas Hoult Hoult, 25, has had several notable roles in studio films, playing Hank McCoy in Fox's X-Men franchise and starring in Warner Bros.' hit Mad Max. He also charmed as a zombie looking for love in 2013's Warm Bodies. Miles Teller Teller, 28, works nearly nonstop, and in the last year alone starred in YA adaptation Divergent, Oscar-nominated drama Whiplash and comedy Two Night Stand. He’s able to mix bigger tentpole roles with meaty dramas: He'll next be seen in this summer’s Fantastic Four and the gritty boxing drama Bleed for This. Ansel Elgort Elgort had a breakout performance opposite Shailene Woodley in YA cancer romance The Fault in Our Stars. The 21-year-old actor, who also appears in the Divergent franchise, will next be seen in November Criminals opposite Chloe Moretz.

Garrett Hedlund Hedlund may be 30, but he could likely play younger. He's done sci-fi (Tron: Legacy) and played brooding, troubled characters (On the Road). He'll next be seen in Warner Bros.’ Pan and Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. Nat Wolff Wolff is definitely on a career upswing after playing a cancer patient in Fault in Our Stars. He will next star in the John Green adaptation Paper Towns, hitting theaters on July 24. Tye Sheridan The Mud and Tree of Life star is only 18, but if Lucasfilm and Disney end up aiming for a Han that's closer to his teen years, he'd be a great choice. After starring in films opposite Brad Pitt, Matthew McConaughey and John Travolta, the actor has two studio films coming up: Scouts vs. Zombies and X-Men: Apocalypse. He’ll also be seen in the Sundance film The Stanford Prison Experiment. Grant Gustin Gustin stars on TV series The Flash, which has been a huge hit for The CW. Perhaps the 25-year-old is ready for a leap into feature film.

Anthony Ingruber He may not be as well known as many actors on this list but Ingruber already has a connection to Ford. The 25-year-old actor played the younger version of Harrison Ford in The Age of Adaline, which also starred Blake Lively. Not age appropriate? Don't think we forgot about Chris Pratt. The Harrison Ford comparisons have been running wild since it was rumored that Pratt could possibly star in a new Indiana Jones film. But Ford was 31 when he shot the original Star Wars films, and Pratt, who has clearly proven his movie star status with Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World, is 36 years old, so he would likely not be right for a Han Solo origin tale. Other actors who may have the look and abilities to play Han Solo but are probably a bit too mature include Taylor Kitsch (34) and Aaron Paul (35). Who do you think should play Han Solo? Leave your suggestion in the comments section below.

Rebecca Ford Harrison Ford - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS Actor | Writer | Producer Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, to Dorothy (Nidelman), a radio actress, and Christopher Ford (born John William Ford), an actor turned advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Minsk, Belarus. Harrison was a lackluster student at ... See full bio » Born: a list of 36 people created 09 Jun 2011 a list of 40 people created 23 Dec 2011 a list of 41 people created 28 Feb 2013 a list of 21 people created 17 Jan 2015 a list of 26 people created 18 May 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Harrison Ford's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 38 wins & 36 nominations.

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- Entretenimento Total (TV Series) Himself (1991) 1989 Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1988 Bains de minuit (TV Series) Himself 1987 Aspel & Company (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1981 Clapper Board (TV Series) Himself 1980 The Risk Business (TV Series documentary) Himself 1977 The Making of 'Star Wars' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2009-2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2016 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Himself 2015 Star Wars at the BBC (TV Short documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2015 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee - Episode #44.13 (2015) ...

Himself - Interviewee 2015 Extra (TV Series) 2015 Inside Edition (TV Series documentary) Himself 2015 The Insider (TV Series) Himself 2013 Movie Guide (TV Series) Jock Goddard 2011 Love Lust (TV Series documentary) Himself 2010 Wishful Drinking (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2010 P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) Himself 2008 Closing: Team Indy (Video short) Himself 2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV Series) Himself (segment "Pinheads & Patriots") 2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2007 Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (TV Short documentary) Himself Himself - at 75th Annual Academy Awards (uncredited) 2005-2006 MythBusters (TV Series documentary) 2006 Corazón de... (TV Series) Himself 2005 Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

(TV Series documentary) Himself 2003-2004 Celebrities Uncensored (TV Series) Himself 2004 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (TV Special documentary) Himself - #90: Indiana Jones and the Golden Earring 2004 Michael Moore, el gran agitador (TV Short documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Himself 1995 The Movie Show (TV Series) Himself 1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary) Himself Prof. 'Indiana' Jones from film RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - Episode dated 1 July 1981 (1981) ... Prof. 'Indiana' Jones from film RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK TV commercial: Kirin lager beer (Japan) See more » Publicity Listings: 5 Biographical Movies | 6 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 47 Interviews | 47 Articles | 25 Pictorials | 82 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Alternate Names: Jethro the Bus Driver | Harrison J.

Ford Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: [on Inside the Actors Studio (1994)] As a man I've always felt Irish, as an actor I've always felt Jewish. See more » Trivia: His character, Han Solo, was ranked number 33 in Comedy Central's "Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses". See more » Trademark: Frequently plays characters who use their intelligence rather than physical strength See more » Nickname:

Question: Who played Hans Solo in the Star Wars movies?
Answer: Harrison Ford